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Procedures in palliative care 4: Spinal analgesia:
problems with the line

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Activity 1

Mary has been doing well at home for several weeks with her intrathecal spinal line.  he husband telephones you one evening to tell you that the pain has been getting worse since tea time and now is nearly as bad before her spinal line was put in.

What could have happened and how can you check?

 

What could have happened?

How can you check
that this is the cause?
The pump

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